Tag Archives: Mar-A-Lago

Appeals Court Zaps Special Master In Stolen Docs Case

CNN reports:   In a major defeat for former President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court on Thursday halted a third-party review of documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. The ruling removes a major obstacle to the Justice Department’s investigation into the mishandling of government records from Trump’s time in the White House. In a ruling on Thursday, the 11th …

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Trump: Report On Mar-A-Lago Vetting Is “Fake News”

Posted today to Trump’s Truth Social account: The story in AP, written by the untalented and unreliable Jill Colvin, who I unfortunately got to know at the White House, is Fake News. We have very strong security, especially with the very talented Secret Service on premises, but when I know someone, as I did Ye, we’re not going to have …

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REPORT: Mar-A-Lago To Begin “Fully Vetting” Visitors

Semafor reports: Mar-a-Lago is ramping up its screening after white supremacist Nick Fuentes was allowed into the venue to dine with former President Donald Trump. “My understanding is they’re making big changes over who can come in and the vetting process, which I think is smart,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. told reporters on Tuesday night. A source familiar with …

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Neo-Nazi Leader Visits Mar-A-Lago With Kanye West

The Daily Beast reports: White nationalist Nicholas Fuentes was spotted at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club on Tuesday evening along with Kanye West, The Daily Beast has learned. The appearance at Trump’s resort follows West—now better known as Ye—enlisting the help of far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos to serve as an adviser to his 2024 presidential campaign. A source …

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Pro-DeSantis Banner Plane Trolls Skies Over Mar-A-Lago

Mediaite reports: A pilot trolled former President Donald Trump at his South Florida residence and golf club Tuesday with a banner pushing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) as the 2024 Republican Party nominee. It is not clear who ordered the flight and banner, but Michael Bender of the New York Times shared a snap of it on Twitter just after …

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Trump Now Claims All Mar-A-Lago Docs Are “Personal”

CNN reports: Former President Donald Trump argued in a newly public court filing that a president gets to decide whether records from his White House are personal documents – and that he had decided that all the records he took to Mar-a-Lago were in fact his personal property. The argument is Trump’s latest legal bid to hold off parts of …

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Nicole To Make Landfall Near Palm Beach As Hurricane

The Palm Beach Post reports: Palm Beach County has ordered evacuations of zones A and B ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole. Nicole is forecast to reach the coast of Florida Wednesday night as a Category 1 hurricane with a landfall between Boca Raton and Sebastian. Palm Beach County is already feeling wind gusts to 39 mph at Palm Beach International …

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DOJ May Offer Trump Aide Immunity In Docs Case

The Guardian reports: The Justice Department is weighing whether to grant immunity to the Trump adviser Kash Patel and force his testimony about claims that highly sensitive government documents the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago resort were declassified, according to sources familiar with the matter. The status of the documents has emerged as relevant to the criminal investigation …

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Mar-A-Lago Docs Included Intel On Iran And China

The Washington Post reports: Some of the classified documents recovered by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and private club included highly sensitive intelligence regarding Iran and China, according to people familiar with the matter. If shared with others, the people said, such information could expose intelligence-gathering methods that the United States wants to keep hidden from the world. …

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Trump May “Allow Supervised Search” Of Mar-A-Lago

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s legal team is weighing whether to allow federal agents to return to the former President’s Florida residence, and potentially conduct a supervised search, to satisfy the Justice Department’s demands that all sensitive government documents are returned, sources tell CNN. In private discussions with Trump’s team as well as court filings, the Justice Department has made clear …

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DOJ Formally Appeals Appointment Of Special Master

CNN reports: The Justice Department officially appealed the appointment of the special master, who is overseeing the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, in a brief filed with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. The Justice Department centered their brief on sweeping criticism of lower court Judge Aileen Cannon’s actions, arguing she had …

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Trump Employee To Feds: He Told Me To Move Docs

The Washington Post reports: A Trump employee has told federal agents about moving boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago at the specific direction of the former president, according to people familiar with the investigation, who say the witness account — combined with security-camera footage — offers key evidence of Donald Trump’s behavior as investigators sought the return of classified material. The …

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DOJ Seeks Expedited Ruling In Special Master Case

Politico reports: The Justice Department moved to quickly dismantle the independent review of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, contending that the review — ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon — is impeding its criminal investigation. In a 15-page filing asking a federal appeals court to speed its consideration of the issue, prosecutors complained the “special master” …

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Trump Rages That FBI Agents “Ransacked” Mar-A-Lago: “They Didn’t Even Take Off Their Shoes In My Bedroom”

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Arrived in Florida last night and had a long and detailed chance to check out the scene of yet another government “crime,” the FBI’s Raid and Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago. I guess they don’t think there is a Fourth Amendment anymore, and to them, there isn’t. In any event, after what …

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Axios: Trump Team Sees Special Master As Anti-FBI

Axios reports: Raymond Dearie’s appointment as special master to review records the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago was a positive development for former President Trump, whose lawyers recommended him. But their call for the low-profile New York judge was befuddling given Dearie has no apparent connection or loyalty to Trump. Two sources with direct knowledge of the closely held deliberations now …

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FOIA Request Shows Feds Issued Warnings On Armed Pro-Trump Violence In Wake Of Mar-A-Lago Search

Bloomberg News reports: Federal law enforcement officers scoured social media to identify threats to FBI buildings and agents and issued internal warnings about possibly armed protests in the days after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, according to emails and other records obtained by Bloomberg. Intelligence officers at the Federal Protective Service, an arm of the US …

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Judge Approves Special Master To Review Seized Docs

CNN reports: A federal judge has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a “special master” to review materials that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago last month. The decision, from Trump-appointed District Judge Aileen Cannon, is a significant victory for the former president. It orders a third-party attorney, from outside the government, be brought in to review the materials …

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Trump Judge To Appoint Special Master In FBI Search

The New York Times reports: A federal judge in Florida gave notice on Saturday of her “preliminary intent” to appoint an independent arbiter, known as a special master, to conduct a review of the highly sensitive documents that were seized by the F.B.I. this month during a search of Mar-a-Lago. In an unusual action that fell short of a formal …

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Feds Conduct “Damage Assessment” Of Stolen Docs

CNN reports: Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has sent a letter to the House Intelligence and House Oversight committee chairs, saying the intelligence community is conducting a damage assessment of the documents taken from former President Donald Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, according to a letter obtained by CNN. According to the affidavit, a “preliminary review” of the 15 boxes …

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FBI Investigates Whether Spy Infiltrated Mar-A-Lago

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: For a time, Anna de Rothschild boasted of her family roots to the European banking dynasty, donning designer clothes, a Rolex watch, and driving a $170,000 black Mercedes-Benz SUV. She talked about developing a sprawling luxury housing project on Emerald Bay in the Bahamas, a high-rise hotel in Monaco, and a Formula One race track in …

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